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In the audio recording, the man can be heard starting to worry about how much fuel he had on board. He also suggests he could land the aircraft by himself because he had played "some video games".

In the audio recording, the man can be heard starting to worry about how much fuel he had on board. He also suggests he could land the aircraft by himself because he had played "some video games".

The man, who is referred to by what is believed to be his first name, also discusses:

The co-ordinates for the orca carrying her dead calf on her back
Looking at the view and possibly going to look at the Olympic Mountains, in Washington State
If he can do a barrel roll before landing and "calling it a day"
Whether or not Alaska Airlines would give him a job after a successful landing

Honorary Master

Oh you wouldn't be the first person to try that one. The USAF still today uses this incident in their training specifically because the pilot was a bully, unstable and other pilots complained about his dangerous flying for years however the USAF did nothing about it. Until this.

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Step inside the cockpit of an empty commercial aircraft and the pilot controls are yours. You don’t need a key or any special passcode to power up the plane and fly it away, whether it’s a small regional jet or a giant twin-deck Airbus A380.

Executive Member

Russell worked for Horizon Airlines, a sister carrier of Alaska Airlines as a ground service agent who helped baggage handlers and was part of Horizon’s tow team, which moved planes around on the tarmac. It was a job that gave him the perk of “being able to fly to Alaska at my leisure,” he wrote on the page.